Mental Health Therapist

4 weeks ago


Brampton, Canada William Osler Health System Full time
Job Description

This position reports to the Clinical Services Manager, Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The successful candidate will work as part of a team in managing the referrals from centralized intake to the transitional age youth (TAY) clinic and triage in a timely and responsive manner. Clinic services are designed for youth 16 to 24 years of age who, due to having a major mental illness, such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, or emerging personality disorders, are at risk of harm to self or others, and/or high risk of developing major impairments in functioning and meeting developmental milestones as they transition into adulthood. You will function as a member of a multidisciplinary team providing quality, client and family centered services.

Accountabilities:

  • Provide psycho-social assessments and individual, group and family treatment at the TAY clinic
  • Provide education to patients, their families, work placement students and interdisciplinary members as needed
  • Participate in interdisciplinary rounds, meetings, committees and quality improvement initiatives
  • Participate in program planning, development and implementation

Qualifications

  • Masters Degree in a related health field required (social work, nursing, occupational therapist, counselling/psychology) with a combination of relevant experience in mental health and addictions
  • Member of a regulatory college in good standing
  • Minimum three to five years recent working in mental health and addictions is essential, preferably in an acute or community setting
  • Extensive experience in the advocacy for and assessment and treatment of adolescents and young adults with mental health and concurrent disorders
  • Demonstrated experience in psychosocial assessment and ability to provide appropriate interventions, including crisis intervention
  • Familiar with youth engagement strategies and the challenges faced by transitional aged youth
  • Demonstrated knowledge and implementation of best practice guidelines in crisis intervention and crisis theory
  • Demonstrated ability in providing brief therapy and solution-focused counselling
  • Demonstrated commitment to providing quality customer service to various client populations (patients and families) as well as various clinical professionals
  • Experience in developing and conducting groups
  • Strong knowledge of community resources including housing, employment, income supports and educational supports
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Experience in working within an interdisciplinary setting
  • Ability to function both independently and as a team player
  • Must demonstrate Osler's Values of Respect, Excellence, Service, Compassion, Innovation and Collaboration
  • Excellent attendance, punctuality and work record
  • Demonstrated computer skills
  • May be required to travel and/or work between all Osler sites


Additional Information

Hours: Currently days, eight hour shifts including weekends and statutory holidays (subject to change in accordance with operational requirements)

Internal application deadline: April 24, 2024

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Osler values inclusivity and diversity in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at human.resources@williamoslerhs.ca.

While we thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose.



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